Professor Burrowes studies the political economy of development assistance for health
with a regional focus on sub-Saharan Africa. She has a PhD in Health Services and
Policy Analysis from the University of California, Berkeley where her research centered
on the politics of development assistance allocation in Malawi.

Before attending the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Burrowes managed and
provided technical assistance for international HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment
programs in Burma (Myanmar), Madagascar, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Malawi and Zanzibar
for UCSF, Catholic Relief Services, and CARE Australia.

University of California Berkeley: PhD in Health Policy, May 2014

The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University: Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy, May 1997

University of California at Santa Cruz: Bachelor of Arts, Politics, June 1995

Professor Burrowes’s research interests include: the politics of global health policy
making--particularly with regards to task-shifting and reproductive health policies;
the sub-national distribution of development assistance for health; and the impact
of non-state service providers on state capacity in sub-Saharan Africa.

AmplifyChange Network Grant with the Ethiopian Midwives Association & UC Berkeley
to conduct a nationwide assessment on the impact of stigma and training on midwives'
willingness to provide safe abortion services in Ethiopia